Network – shell{&}co

Manage reverse DNS zones with Powershell

Manage reverse DNS zones with Powershell The script is a complete tool that will perform the following tasks: list the A records in the domain name defined in the variable $dnsDomainName for each record, check if the reverse zone exist.

List DNS conditional forwarders Active Directory forest wide

With this simple script, you will be able to retrieve the DNS conditional forwarder settings in all the domain controllers in the forest. To get the list of the domain controllers in the Active Directory forest, the cmdlet get-adforest is

Migrate shared folder configuration to Windows Server 2012

You need to migrate a file server shared folder from a Windows Server 2008 to a Windows Server 2012. Windows Server 2012 now contains Powershell cmdlets to interact with SMB Shared folders, but Windows 2008 not. The purpose of the

Shared folder recycle bin clean up

Shared folder recycle bin clean up With this script you will be able to delete the content of the recycle bin of a network shared folder. It can be very useful if the shared folder contains the home directory for

Backup/Restore all DNS zones

Backup/Restore all DNS zones These scripts backup and restore all DNS zones on specific DNS server (source). The backup script uses the Powershell cmdlet get-wmiobject to list the DNS zone present in the WMI database and then export each zone using

Create DNS PTR record if A record exists

Create DNS PTR record if A record exists. This script will help you to have a DNS PTR record for each existing A record in your DNS zone. If a A record has been created in the DNS zone ($dnsDomainName

Add a SNMP permitted manager on remote hosts

This script will help you to Add a SNMP permitted manager on remote hosts. In this example the hostname of the SNMP permitted manager is : snmpmgr01. The remote hosts name are listed in a text file (one hostname per

Display port count per IP address

Display port count per IP address This script checks for port exhaustion on a specific server (Source). Port exhaustion can cause all kinds of problems for your servers. Here’s a list of some symptoms: Users won’t be able to connect

Set DNS server ip address information on remote servers

This script update DNS server ip address on the remote server network cards. The steps are the followings : retrieve from AD all the server names check if the server is responding to ping test list the current network information

Ping computer with a specific OS

This script use WMI to ping a list of computers. Only specific OS are pinged. Script (with Microsoft Active Directory module loaded : import-module activedirectory) : $ping = new-object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping $list = Get-ADComputer -LDAPFilter “(|(operatingsystem=Windows XP*)(operatingsystem=Windows 7*)(operatingsystem=Windows Vista*))” ForEach ($b

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